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A one-stop guide to the essentials of web development including popular frameworks such as jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, and Node.js About This Book Understand the essential elements of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including how and when to use them Walk through three of the best and most popular web development frameworks – jQuery, Bootstrap, and AngularJS References for any function you will need in your day-to-day web development Who This Book Is For This book is perfect for beginners but more advanced web developers will also benefit. Laid out so you can refer to as much or as little as you need to, with this book you can exhaustively explore essential concepts for modern web developers. What You Will Learn Explore detailed explanations of all the major HTML elements and attributes, illustrated with examples Take a deep dive into CSS properties and functions and master their usage Find clear, concise descriptions of JavaScript syntax and expressions Recognize various JavaScript design patterns and learn the basics of JavaScript object-orientated programming Implement the latest ECMAScript 6 for client-side scripting in your web applications Discover new ways to develop your website's front end quickly and easily using Bootstrap Write JavaScript extensibly using jQuery-JavaScript's feature-rich library Delve into the key Node.js modules used in JavaScript server-side programming Access AngularJS 's important modules, controllers, directives, and services quickly In Detail This comprehensive reference guide takes you through each topic in web development and highlights the most popular and important elements of each area. Starting with HTML, you will learn key elements and attributes and how they relate to each other. Next, you will explore CSS pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements, followed by CSS properties and functions. This will introduce you to many powerful and new selectors. You will then move on to JavaScript. This section will not just introduce functions, but will provide you with an entire reference for the language and paradigms. You will discover more about three of the most popular frameworks today—Bootstrap, which builds on CSS, jQuery which builds on JavaScript, and AngularJS, which also builds on JavaScript. Finally, you will take a walk-through Node.js, which is a server-side framework that allows you to write programs in JavaScript. Style and approach This book is an easy-to-follow, comprehensive reference guide. Each topic, function, or element is listed methodically along with parameters, return values, and descriptions. Examples are also included to help you put the concepts to use quickly in the real world.

Update your skill set for ES 6 and 7 with the ultimate JavaScript guide for pros Professional JavaScript for Web Developers is the essential guide to next-level JavaScript development. Written for intermediate-to-advanced programmers, this book jumps right into the technical details to help you clean up your code and become a more sophisticated JavaScript developer. From JavaScript-specific object-oriented programming and inheritance, to combining JavaScript with HTML and other markup languages, expert instruction walks you through the fundamentals and beyond. This new fourth edition has been updated to cover ECMAScript 6 and 7 (also known as ES2015 and ES2016) and the major re-imagination and departure from ES 5.1; new frameworks and libraries, new techniques, new testing tools, and more are explained in detail for the professional developer, with a practical focus that helps you put your new skills to work on real-world projects. The latest—and most dramatic—ES release is already being incorporated into JavaScript engines in major browsers; this, coupled with the rise in mobile web traffic increasing demand for responsive, dynamic web design, means that all web developers need to update their skills—and this book is your ideal resource for quick, relevant guidance. Get up to date with ECMAScript 6 and 7, new frameworks, and new libraries Delve into web animation, emerging APIs, and build systems Test more effectively with mocks, unit tests, functional tests, and other tools Plan your builds for future ES releases Even if you think you know JavaScript, new ES releases bring big changes that will affect the way you work. For a professional-level update that doesn't waste time on coding fundamentals, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers is the ultimate resource to bring you up to speed.

CSS3 is behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web today, but the official documentation can be dry and hard to follow and browser implementations are scattershot at best. The Book of CSS3 distills the dense technical language of the CSS3 specification into plain English and shows you what CSS3 can do right now, in all major browsers. With real-world examples and a focus on the principles of good design, it extends your CSS skills, helping you transform ordinary markup into stunning, richly-styled web pages. You'll master the latest cutting-edge CSS3 features and learn how to: –Stylize text with fully customizable outlines, drop shadows, and other effects –Create, position, and resize background images on the fly – Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations –Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images –Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions –Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devices A companion website includes up-to-date browser compatibility charts and live CSS3 examples for you to explore. The Web can be an ugly place—add a little style to it with The Book of CSS3.

HTML5's crucial new elements and techniques - all thoroughly explained with plenty of compact, easy-tounderstand, practical examples • •A light, easy read that covers all the essentials of developing with HTML5. •Pure HTML5 examples for everything from programming media players to working with geographical data. •Includes especially valuable coverage of HTML5's audio and video capabilities. •Packed with tips, tricks, and expert insights for working with HTML5, JavaScript, and the DOM. This concise, easy-to-read, and entertaining book is packed with tips, tricks, and samples for making the most of HTML5 with JavaScript and the DOM. Whether readers want to build weblogs, program audio or video playback, use browsers as graphics programs, work with geographical data, or anything else, this book offers all the practical guidelines and insights they'll need - along with many 'pure HTML5' examples with current browser support. Reminiscent of Aronson's popular HTML Manual of Style, HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers explains what HTML5 can do - and what it can't. Each chapter is designed to be used standalone, enabling this book to serve as an excellent reference for HTML5 developers and designers alike. Throughout, links to Web sites provide access to new information and updates to the specification as they emerge.

Dispels the myth that JavaScript is a "baby" language and demonstrates why it is the scripting language of choice used in the design of millions of Web pages and server-side applications Quickly covers JavaScript basics and then moves on to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming, XML, Web services, and remote scripting Addresses the many issues that Web application developers face, including internationalization, security, privacy, optimization, intellectual property issues, and obfuscation Builds on the reader's basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and the Web in general This book is also available as part of the 4-book JavaScript and Ajax Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470227818). This 4-book set includes: Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN: 0764579088) Professional Ajax 2nd edition (ISBN: 0470109491) Professional Web 2.0 Programming (ISBN: 0470087889) Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax and Beyond (ISBN: 0470082801)

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How to Become a Web Developer: A Field Guide Learn what it takes to become a Web Developer, and how you can become one. No matter your age or background you can become a Web Developer This book is for those who are considering learning programming as a career. Or even to be more familiar with the lingo as an advantage at work. There are a lot of articles, books, and online courses out there. But too often, they make assumptions about what you already know. They start in the middle instead of at the beginning. This book is a linear path to going from where you are now to becoming a web developer. In this book, we cover the fundamentals. More importantly, we talk about why the are the fundamentals. For every topic covered, we talk about how it fits into the larger picture of web development. By the end of this book, you will be able to make an educated decision about your future and understand the steps and commitment it will take to get there. Why become a Web Developer? Pay In the US, according to StackOverflow's 2019 survey, the avg. reported salary for a developer is \$100K. Opportunities According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer and IT occupations are the fastest-growing of all US occupations. Accessibility All you need is a computer and internet connection to teach yourself the required skills. What you'll learn You're not buying just a book. You're buying a Field Guide, with over 50 Exercises to help you learn and understand the material. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - We spend a chapter on each of these core languages. You will become comfortable with each, and understand why they are so important. d104-Editor, DevTools, and Terminal - These three tools are used daily by all developers. You will become well versed in how to use them, and why they are so helpful. Popular Programming Languages - There are hundreds of programming languages out there. We focus on the top 10. You'll learn about what languages you should focus on for specific roles/fields. This discussion helps you narrow in your interest. Git and GitHub - You will become familiar with the general Git-GitHub workflow. More importantly, you will understand how these technologies work, and in doing so, get a leg-up on many of your peers. Most beginner programmers don't understand what makes Git so special, you will. Frontend vs. Backend - In the last 5 years, the most significant split in web development is between the backend and frontend. We investigate why this happened, the difference between the two, and how this will impact your next steps. Field Guide - We have created an 11X17 PDF Field Guide, showing you where we've gone and what you should focus on after the completion of this book. FAQHow long is the book? The book has 9 chapters totaling 320 pages, with over 50 exercises. We made the exercises fun, and very easy to follow; we use a lot of screenshots with clear directions. Additionally, all the exercises are fun. You won't see any "hello world" or "foo/bar" exercises here. Do I have to have prior Web Development experience? Nope! This book is for beginners. If you do have experience with HTML, CSS, etc. there is still a lot for you to learn from this book.

Understand the technical foundations, as well as the non-programming skills needed to be a successful full stack web developer. This book reveals the reasons why a truly successful full stack developer does more than write code. You will learn the principles of the topics needed to help a developer new to agile or full stack working—UX, project management, QA, product management, and more— all from the point of view of a developer. Covering these skills alongside the fundamentals and foundations of modern web development, rather than specifics of current technologies and frameworks (which can age quickly), all programming examples are given in the context of the web as it is in 2018. Although you need to feel comfortable working on code at the system, database, API, middleware or user interface level, depending on the task in hand, you also need to be able to deal with the big picture and the little details. The Full Stack Developer recognizes skills beyond the technical, and gives foundational knowledge of the wide set of skills needed in a modern software development team. What You'll Learn Plan your work including Agile vs Waterfall, tools, scrum, kanban and continuous delivery Translate UX into code: grids, component libraries and style guides Design systems and system architectures (microservices to monoliths) Review patterns for APIs (SOAP, AJAX, REST), defining API domains, patterns for REST APIs and more API goodnessStudy the various front-end design patterns you need to know Store data, what to consider for security, deployment, in production and more Who This Book Is For New graduates or junior developers who are transitioning to working as part of a larger team structure in a multi-disciplinary teams and developers previously focused on only front-end or back-end dev transitioning into full stack.